With North Carolina and Duke matching up in the final game of the regular season tonight, here are a few notes, links and tweets to get you up to date.
- UNC and Duke have veered off in very different paths this season, but tonight the rivalry comes full circle, the (Raleigh) News & Observer’s Andrew Carter writes.
- A much more confident UNC team is coming into tonight’s matchup on a six-game winning streak, the Herald-Sun’s Harold Gutmann writes.
- Meanwhile, Duke enters the game with bigger things in mind, writes the Herald-Sun’s Steve Wiseman.
- Here’s what to watch for in the game tonight from ESPN’s Robbi Pickeral. Pickeral also writes that UNC’s change to a smaller lineup has made a big impact.
- The News & Observer’s Luke DeCock writes that two freshmen going in different directions — Marcus Paige for UNC; Rasheed Sulaimon for Duke — could be a deciding factor in the game.
- UNC sophomore forward James Michael McAdoo is managing a bulging disk in his back, Pickeral writes. McAdoo expects to play tonight.
- It’ll be appropriate for UNC fans to chant “Andrew Wiggins” tonight because the top 2013 recruit will be at the game tonight, Fayetteville’s Bret Strelow writes.
- The UNC managers beat Duke’s managers Friday night in the Smith Center. It ended on a game-ending tackle from UNC JV manager Caleb Royster.
- If you missed yesterday’s Tracking the Tar Heels, you can find it here. It includes stories on P.J. Hairston, UNC players’ All-ACC chances and a UNC band member who admitted his love for the Blue Devils.
- You can find official UNC game notes here.
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